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Bathroom Beautiful

Lots of time is spent on making our houses into homes, but one room is often overlooked. Hours of time are spent finding the perfect pieces for the living room, bedroom or den, but the place that we spend a small portion of EVERY day is often decorated with a generic bath collection and then forgotten about.

Here are a few easy swaps that can make your bathroom uniquely yours:

Tissue box holder/covers– Lay tissues in a canvas box or metal tin.

Tissue box made with an old piece of tin from oldtinstuff.com

Lotion and soap dispensers– Check out etsy.com for fun ideas on bottles turned useful. Here’s a Coke bottle, but you can find them in almost any variation.

Find unique dispensers on esty.com. This one is from etsy.com/shop/allbottledupinindy

Toothbrush holders– Use test tubes decorated to match your theme.

Make Your Own Toothbrush Holder from craftstew.com

Cotton ball or Q-tip canisters– Stash these products in ball jars either hung on the wall or lined up on the vanity.

DIY mason jar holder from lizmarieblog.com/2011/01/mason-jar-love/

Wastebaskets– Trash cans come in an amazing variety of shapes, styles and materials. Just take a Google at all of the designs out there.

Trash cans come in an amazing variety of shapes, styles and materials. This one, from thehandmadehome.net, is a bucket turned waste paper can.

Shower caddies– Install a glass shelf in the shower instead. It’s much prettier and easier to clean than the small wire frames of the caddies.